Interesting he says on that link he's in the process of creating a new E10 in Wales. He's obviously fitter than he's been for a while, that's for sure, but still I'll believe that when I see it. Presumably this is The Meltdown redivivus. I forget what the story was there - a hold fell off the overlap and was due to be resculpted in gold, IIRC - but was the story that that made it impossible, or just spoiled the thing and Johnny lost interest?

Interesting link on the Meltdown theme. I guess Caff didn't do it in 2009, then, unless I missed it. I was wondering why no-one seemed to have thried it these last 20 years; perhaps people actually did and just haven't been able to do it.

In reply to ian Ll-J: I've always had a great admiration for Johnny. Great to see him back on his game. One of the true greats of his generation. I once had a beer with him in Llanberis, I was paying natch.

In reply to ian Ll-J: What a legend; can't wait for his autobiography. Hopefully a nice bit of his rhapsodising on the spiritual side of climbing, the Indian Face section on the Stone Monkey DVD was great. He's a nutter!